Tortoise
Crossword Clue and Answers
Today we have 36 crossword solutions for Tortoise which appeared recently in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
We have deemed Tortoise as a UNCOMMON crossword clue as we have not seen it regularly in many crossword publications.
The most recent answer we found for this clue is "REPTILE".
Publications
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Monday, 14 Dec 2020
Crossword Answers
4 letters
SLUG
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"
5 letters
DRONE
Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
GATOR
Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
SNAIL
Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
6 letters
DAWDLE
Waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
DRAGON
Last unnecessarily long
LIZARD
Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
TURTLE
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
7 letters
DAWDLER
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
GOOFOFF
LAGGARD
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
LIEABED
PLODDER
Someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"
REPTILE
Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
SAURIAN
Any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
8 letters
DINOSAUR
Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
LINGERER
Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
LOITERER
Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
SLOWGOER
SLOWFOOT
SLOWPOKE
Someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"
SLUGGARD
An idle slothful person
TERRAPIN
Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water
TORTOISE
Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
9 letters
ALLIGATOR
Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
CHAMELEON
Lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
CHELONIAN
A reptile of the order Chelonia
CROCODILE
Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
GOLDBRICK
Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
REPTILIAN
Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
SLOWBELLY
10 letters
SLEEPYHEAD
A sleepy person
11 letters
CROCODILIAN
Extant archosaurian reptile
FOOTDRAGGER
13 letters
STICKINTHEMUD
14 letters
PROCRASTINATOR
Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)